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overwash en · NOUN

Etymology

From over- + wash.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.

Forms

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overwashes	Number=Plur		lexicographic

overwash en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + wash.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To wash too much or too often.
   • Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start to look gray. 2007 January 15, Janet Maslin, “The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan”, in New York Times:
2. (transitive) To wash or flood over.
   • The waves overwashed the stony beach.
3. (intransitive) To become flooded.
   • A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter, remains behind with their dog to finish boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes, and he's cut off. 1998, Lee Gutkind, A view from the divide, page 104:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overwashed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overwashed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
overwashing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overwashes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic